EHL Newsletter, Vol 15 No 2 Spring 2005

The City of Claremont protected one of Southern California’s few remaining alluvial fans, the San Antonio Wash, by denying an attempt to open it up to sand mining. But the mining company is not giving up.

The EHL-founded Earth Discovery Institute is located at the Crestridge Ecological Reserve, east of San Diego.  Its environmental education programs have reached over 1000 students and Urban Corps youth.

A recent ribbon cutting ceremony brought out local community organizations and a bevy of elected officials in support of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Natural Community Conservation Plan, or NCCP.

Every bird in the neighborhood was there. The ancient tree seemed to explode with their turmoil. Birds flew and hopped, chattered and screamed.

Carpenter Bee

       By Jess Morton

The public learned of our positions on off highway vehicles (OHVs) in Riverside County, a proposed mine south of Temecula, and on traffic fees in San Diego County.